With the season and his second-year regime collapsing around him, Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Greg Schiano finally found a little support.

Defensive tackle Gerald McCoy came forward to say Bucs fans should let up on the embattled coach. McCoy thought fans crossed the line with their behavior toward Schiano after Thursday night’s 31-13 loss to Carolina. McCoy didn’t offer specifics, so we can only imagine.

“If you want to be angry about the game or what’s going on, be angry because we’re angry, too. But don’t disrespect him as a man,” McCoy said, via ESPN.com. “That man has a wife. He has kids at home. We have wives and kids. Just keep it to football. Don’t take it outside of that.

“If you want to be whatever in football, that’s OK. Be angry. We expect you to be angry. Nobody wants to be 0-7. But just leave everything else alone. Just keep it to the game. It’s still just a game. We’ve got lives outside of football. When you disrespect a man as a person, then you’re taking it too far.”

Safety Dashon Goldson also stepped up for Schiano, saying the coach "hasn't lost the locker room."

"I have high respect for this coach," Goldson, a defensive captain, said via the Tampa Bay Times. "He's taken a lot of scrutiny off the field. These are tough times. We understand that. He has a job to do, and we do as players. We just try to do the best we can to prepare every week and win a football game. He hasn't lost the locker room."